1996

Offering customers wireless access inside and outside the office will enable wireless carriers to gain new subscribers, retain current subscribers and generate increased airtime revenue, said Jerry Kaufman, president of …

Dear Editor: I feel I must respond to Mr. Valentine’s response to your Viewpoint column. First of all, I think Mr. Valentine is certainly keeping in line with his comments …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding to supply personal communications services infrastructure equipment to InterCel Inc. Ericsson said it will supply its Global System for …

RUTHERFORD, N.J.- Nextel Communications Inc. announced it has closed it previously announced merger with Dial Page Inc. Under the agreement, Dial Page stockholders will receive 1.07 shares of Nextel Common …

Furloughs. Snow days. Sales at major department stores. These incidences are what govern how day-to-day federal business is conducted in Washington. And now it seems that even high-ranking U.S. judges …

ARLINGTON, Va.-Omnipoint Corp. announced the successful completion of its initial public offering of common stock shares that began trading on the Nasdaq National Market on Jan. 26. Omnipoint said the …

WASHINGTON-The federal budget will play a large role in determining the future of spectrum auctions, according to several panelists taking part in “Spectrum Auctions: Pay or No Play?” last week …

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands-Philips Electronics said it will dissolve its infrastructure division in the Netherlands and open a new unit in France to manufacture wireless phones, pagers and other personal communications items. …

“Shutting down the government was bad enough. Threatening default was horrendous. But what they are proposing now-refusing to pay America’s bills-is straight out of the looking glass, out the door …

Sprint Telecommunications Venture has awarded contracts to build its personal communications services network to AT&T Network Systems Inc. and Northern Telecom Inc. with roughly a 60/40 split of STV’s markets. …

WASHINGTON-Congress passed landmark telecommunications reform legislation late last week, paving the way for the wireless lane of the information superhighway and setting the stage for a fierce debate on a …

AUSTIN, Texas-Texas State District Judge Scott McCowan ruled a fee imposed on wireless providers to finance the Texas Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund is disproportionate to commercial radio service providers and therefore …

An initial progress report on testing at the University of Oklahoma between hearing aids and wireless phones indicates some interference exists but makes no conclusions at this time. “The key …

The telecom reform bill has passed Congress and should soon be signed by President Clinton. The country is embarking upon a brave new world of increased competition-at least in the …

A cellular network using Code Division Multiple Access technology is live in South Korea, but so far enduring only a lukewarm reception. Current analog operator Korea Mobile Telecommunications Corp. introduced …

This year will bring competition to Argentina’s interior cellular market, now served only by Compania de Telefonos del Interior under a two-year exclusive license. Owned by GTE Corp., AT&T Corp. …

Central America’s cellular market, although smaller and representing somewhat riskier investment than other parts of Latin America, remains largely untapped and is expected to present a bundle of cellular opportunities …

Just as Cellular Digital Packet Data has been slow to take off in the United States, it looks like it will take a little pushing and shoving for the technology …

Colombia continues to be a top performer in the Latin American cellular arena, with the highest digital growth and high overall cellular penetration. As part of its licensing process, the …

Although paging has existed for decades in major Latin American and Caribbean countries, developments during the past few years have placed these markets on an unprecedented growth path. If paging …

“Calling party pays” cellular, already a reality in Europe, Japan and Australia, is a growing trend throughout Latin America. In most places in Latin America, the cellular subscriber still pays …

Despite strong initial efforts on the part of Chilean, Argentine and Mexican regulators, implementing personal communications services in Latin America will fall a little short of earlier bullish expectations. At …

Despite overall slow growth in the Mexican cellular market due to the economic crisis in 1995, Telcel posted a 30.6 percent increase in subscribers for the year. As the largest …

The impending liberalization of Brazil’s cellular services sector has attracted interest from a host of global carriers clamoring to position themselves in the region’s fastest growing telecom services sector. The …

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